Master in Design Studies (Critical Conservation) Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Betzabe is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. During her undergraduate studies, she collaborated with public health researchers inside and outside the university and participated in international multidisciplinary projects such as CASA UNAM. Later, she worked as an architect at Estudio Lamela in Mexico City and as a research assistant at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery from Columbia University in New York. Recently, she obtained a master’s degree in Critical Conservation from Harvard University. Her thesis research was credited with multiple awards. It focused on analyzing how local risk perception influences community involvement in disaster response, as well as on exploring the potential incorporation of traditions and social norms in long-term recovery, with emphasis on the indigenous settlements of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Along with Dení López and Nadyeli Quiroz, she founded Bicheeche Diidxa’, a research initiative for the prior disaster-stricken, marginalized, and environmentally vulnerable area.
